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  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Actuality v. Reality: An Essay Upon More than Worlds.

    How are the words "actuality" and "reality" differentiated? They are used so interchangeabely that they are seemingly synonymous. I can't really give you more on this without going into a ...

    Jul 8, 2008
  • Short Story » Fanfiction, General Re: Harry Potter and the Alternate Ending

    Did I miss something or did you forget about Nagini? I think the only other thing that hasn't been trawled over by the others is the fact that no-one does ...

    Jul 2, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: HEL~VEN: Chapter One

    She scowled at the thought of setting such an impression on her peers Though the second half of the sentence clarifies this, I think the use of the word "setting" ...

    Jul 2, 2008
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: Brisingr (Eragon 3) Spoiler

    Nah I think I'll stand by on flytodreams on this one. As much as you're going to insult a writer, lay off his fans. I won't be the only one ...

    May 27, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Historical Fiction, General Re: Fairborough - Part 1

    My dear, we have a rule here at yws, or rather a ratio. 2:1 This means that for every piece you submit, you must review two other people's pieces. I'll ...

    May 16, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » General, General Re: Alec-Sandra (1)

    Great Idea for a story! I've always wanted to do one of these! Your seamless interchange between thought and spoken word makes the speaking-out-loud bit especially well done. She grinned ...

    May 15, 2008
  • Poetry » Dramatic, General Re: Branding

    My god this is awesome! "I slid across the world’s heartstrings And made a melody that lingered Like snowflakes in the sky. " This is, for me, clearly the best ...

    May 15, 2008
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: An Overveiw of Elves

    Hey, I've chosen to critique this because a lot of my series revolves around elves, and some of your original ideas have a bit in common with mine. I have ...

    May 12, 2008
  • Short Story » Fantasy, General Re: Cormyr 1765: A Story

    This isn't going to be a critique of spelling etc, I'll leave that to someone else. There were a few typo's and you misspelled obsolete I think, but yes, I'll ...

    Apr 17, 2008
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: Brisingr (Eragon 3) Spoiler

    In my heart of hearts I nurse a faint hope... That Eragon is purposefully an arrogant, foolish protagonist That Murtagh is *meant* to be so much cooler than Eragon That ...

    Apr 8, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Chronicles of Syn: Sins of Prologues.

    "its bad enough " it's bad enough "paid too. " paid to. "what I think of me." what I think of myself: "Sounds neat doesn’t it? " This is the ...

    Mar 21, 2008
  • Article / Essay » Review, General Re: The Magician's Guild, The Novice, The High Lord

    I love this series and am friending you on the principle that you've read it. I really like the new spin it takes on magic (without spoiling it), and the ...

    Mar 20, 2008
  • Article / Essay » General, General Re: Tragic Women

    "These three Greek plays were all tragedies" when you talk about Greek Plays, you speak in the present tense becasue they still exist in the same form as they were ...

    Mar 20, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Curse Of Fate CH. 2.

    The Last few imes I've tried to critiwue this, my computer's crashed, but as ever I shall strive on! "I received much joy" this sounds bad, joy isnt something you ...

    Mar 10, 2008
  • Novel / Chapter » Fantasy, General Re: The Curse Of Fate CH. 1.

    “I first met the boy eight years ago.” It’s good to see this style of start, where you introduce the topic at hand before giving detail to put it into ...

    Mar 6, 2008


The day, which was one of the first of spring, cheered even me by the loveliness of its sunshine and the balminess of the air. I felt emotions of gentleness and pleasure, that had long appeared dead, revive within me. Half surprised by the novelty of these sensations, I allowed myself to be borne away by them, and forgetting my solitude and deformity, dared to be happy.
— Mary Shelley, Frankenstein